The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
New Publications.

PANsY for September Cd. Lothrop Co.,
Boston, is on hand and presents another
charming collection of gems for the child
mind The very first picture, of dog re-
ceiving instructions from his mistress, will
please the little folks, and then follow
entertainment and instruction for the juve-
niles. One dollar year
ROMANCE OF CANoNEss. By Paul Heyes.
New York: ID. Appleton q Co. This story
is simple, full of graceful and tender mag
nation, romantic in the best sense and
thoroughly wholesome. 1t is in the main a
narrative of hopeless but pure and noble
love. The Canoness is a young woman who
becomes infatuated with a talented but I'M
principled actor and marries him. The
Candidate tells the story. He loved the
Canoness and gave up all his hopes of ecclesi-
astical preferment to be near and protect
her when he saw that her husband had
taken to drink. The story is melancholy
one. All his life the simple-hearted Can
didate watches over the woman he
loves, and only when on her death-bed does
she confess that she has recprocated his af-
lection. 1t is charmingly written and ex-
cellently translated
HIS HELPMATE. BY Frank Barrett. New
York: ID. Appleton & Co. This is story of
exciting interest. The lazy artist and his
three pleasant daughters, the orchestra
leader, who serves as chorus and narrator,
the self-made, energetic, plausible rogue
Motley, with his bank and brewery, his af-
fected generosity and real rascality, are all
firmly drawn and consistently developed.
Harlowe, the partner of Motley, who is
robbed and reduced to penury by the latter,
is rather fine fellow. AS to Madge, who
takes so kindly to fashionable life and the
widest extravaganza after marrying Har-
lowe, it must be said that her prompt and
easy adaptation to the life of poverty into
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ley's robbery of the bank is rather unnat-
ural. However, the story is interesting,
though the incidents may not come fully
within the range of probability.
THE September Wide Alcdke has timely
article on "The Centennial of the Con-
stitution of the United States" by Mrs.
Annie Sawyer Downs, describing the max
ing of the constitution one hundred years
ago september I, 17S7), and profusely Illus
trated from photographs of original portraits
and statues and relics in independence Hall
views of the hall, and fac-similes of the
opening, and the signatures appended to
the great document, from photographs of
the original parchments furnished to the
magazine from the state department at
Washington. Mrs Bottoms series Some
Successful Women" G. f. Holders " How
Animals Talk" Margaret Sydney's Con
cord paper, Miss Guineys" Fairy Folk All, y
THE Secrets at Roseladies," Cradledock's
and charming pictures are all very interest.
ing and delightful. Only $40 year. ID
Lothrop Co., Boston, Mass.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Springfield, Mass.
Just out, tells the " Best Ways to Cook
Oatmeal;" has an interesting chapter on
How to Care for and Fill Dinner-pails and
Lunch baskets" mentions Sensible WAYS
of Amusing Children Indoors" gives some
practical advice on the Care and Keeping
of Stoves Furnaces and Ranges" tells
how you should " Buy, Keep and Cook
Vegetables" gives some new recipes on
" Cooking Apples tells how to make
some Sweet Potato Dainties," and how
sound and fresh and keep for ages; gives
the particulars of the " Anagrammatca
Literary Reception" with such prizes as tn,
fine etching, Miles Standish's Courtship,
framed valued at $50 from the cele
brated art publishers James S. Earle &
Sons, Philadelphia; tells " Why Our Daugh
tiers Should be Educated in the Art of Cook
ing" tells how long milk can be allowed
to stand and still be safe to use; has an in
teresting chapter on Table Supplies" ant
" Page of Fugitive Verse " that is al
ways pleasing. We don't know of publ
cation which gives so much practical infor'
nation, and from cover to cover is so Elk
tremely interesting and useful that we rea'
with so much profit as this fortnight.
magazine-Good Housekeeping.
THE September number of the Cosmopoli
tan opens with an unusually interesting il
Illustrated article on How the Persian
Live" by Wolf Won Schierbrand. 9TH
Hurricane Island " is another handsomel.
illustrated article, by Herbert III. Smith, tn
distinguished naturalist, on st. Thomas
famous for its destructive hurricanes, it
reconciling court, its shocking coaling gangs
its picturesque scenery, etc. The conclusion
of George II. Fitch's wonderfully absorbing
article on 60 The Millionaires of the Paciti
Coast " is accompanied by several portraits
The second installment of Arnold Burge
Johnson's recollections of Charles Sumne
contains many facts in regard to the grea
statesman that are now published for tn
first time. 1t is accompanied by fine poI
trait of Sumner by Tietze the frontispiec
of Sumner and Longfelow " is engrave
by E. Clement. William Westall, the wei
known English novelist, eXplodes the oil
established ideas relative to Kaspar Hausel
Olive Thorne Miller contributes one {
her delightful bird sketches, 1.-THE Rivs
Orioles" " Shall America have Ambassi
doris" is a question that Moncure ID. Con
way answers in the negative. The fiction
the number is unusually excellent. I'll
poetry is by Bessie Chandler, W. H. Allen